Make a Batch of Easy Mix-and-Match Muffins

Mix-and-match muffins, part one

We know you like baking quick-and-easy recipes and personalizing your food. This Mix-and-Match muffin recipe from the Midwest Living® Test Kitchen helps you do both. Follow the basic recipe to create a quick, versatile muffin mix. Then choose other ingredient combinations (a liquid, a stir-in and a topping) to create your personalized recipe with a sweet or savory twist.

Even the basic recipe gives you some choices for making it your own. Pick the type of flour; granulated sugar or brown sugar; buttermilk or milk; and butter, margarine or cooking oil.

Link to the main recipe below, and follow the slide show for a look at all the ways you can personalize your muffin mix.

Experiment like we did

Our Test Kitchen baked many different combinations and found them all tender, moist and tasty. For instance, we tried cornmeal, red pepper and Parmesan cheese (left); cornmeal, pumpkin and prunes; oatmeal, zucchini and Parmesan; and oatmeal, lemon curd and blueberries.

What about your ideas? Share your favorite muffin mix-ins in the comments section of the recipe or at the Mix-and-Match Muffin discussion in our community Food Forum.